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The Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Subcommittee meeting was held yesterday, November 6, 2024. During the meeting, a number of presentations were given. In addition to the presentations, the agenda and a document that provided follow-up items from the October 2, 2024, LTSS Subcommittee meeting were provided.
Members should take time to review the PowerPoint presentations from the meeting below:
The 2025 meeting dates for the LTSS Subcommittee were also shared:
The meetings will continue to be held from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.
The agenda for the November 6, 2024, Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Subcommittee meeting has been released by the Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL). The meeting will be held from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm in the Honors Suite, 1st floor, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126. Attendees have the option to attend in person or via webcast. The links and call information are below:
Conference line: Bridge Number: 1-415-655-0060 PIN: 789-496-398#
Webinar Link
Remote Streaming Link
Comments and questions may be sent via email.
The mission of the LTSS Subcommittee is to be a resource to the Medical Assistance Advisory Committee (MAAC), enabling the committee to advise the Department of Human Services on issues regarding access to service and quality of service.
RCPA has made the decision to cancel the Thursday, October 17 Government Affairs meeting after reviewing legislative actions in relation to our activities and concerns.
The November Government Affairs Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 9:00 am to review the November 5 General Election results and any last-minute legislative action(s).
If you have any questions, please contact Jack Phillips.
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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Thursday, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Virtual via Zoom
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Leigh Evans
Elsevier
HOST
Raquel Mangual
Institute on Disabilities at Temple University
Please come with your questions to discuss during this User Group or submit them via email to Temple University before the meeting.
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The Office of Development Programs (ODP) will be hosting the first quarterly residential provider forum to provide support for provider Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) preparedness. During this session, ODP will provide a status update on PBC applications; review the PBC presented to the Information Sharing and Advisory Committee (ISAC) Provider Performance Review Subcommittee; review the emerging themes or trends with the application submissions; and offer the opportunity for providers to ask questions.
Audience:
Residential Providers
Date:
October 4, 2024, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
The meeting documents from the September 4 Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Subcommittee meeting are now available. These documents include the transcript and PowerPoint presentations. You can view them below:
The next LTSS Subcommittee meeting is scheduled for October 2, 2024, from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm via webinar only.
To participate in the meeting, please register here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. If you plan to participate via phone, the dial-in number is: (562) 247-8422; Access Code: 681 281 984#.
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) will be holding quarterly public meetings for anyone interested in discussing the topic of peer support services (PSS) working in the mental health realm. These meetings will provide a regularly scheduled opportunity for OMHSAS representatives to give PSS updates and information as well as answer questions and obtain essential insight and feedback from stakeholders.
The first quarterly meeting will be held on October 8, 2024, at 9:00 am – 10:00 am. The TEAMS meeting link is available here. Going forward, these meetings will be held on the second Tuesday in the months of January, April, July, and October 2025. Attendees will receive general updates and discussion topics OMHSAS will send ahead of time. Meeting links will also be provided in advance of each meeting.
Recommendations for agenda topics or questions can be submitted via email and must be submitted at least two weeks prior to the meeting date. The email account will be monitored, and the sender will receive a reply if more information is needed. Responses will not be provided if additional information is not needed.
If you or your colleagues would like to be added to an OMHSAS Listserv to receive the quarterly invitations, please go to the Listserv DHS website, then select the “join or leave the list” link.
Meeting Dates:
OMHSAS is open to ideas and suggestions on maximizing the effectiveness of these meetings.
These quarterly meetings are not a replacement for the Mental Health Planning Council quarterly meetings. Those meetings will continue in addition to these newly established meetings.
OMHSAS appreciates your review and hope you will join them for these PSS discussions. Questions pertaining to these meetings should be submitted via email.
The next Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Subcommittee meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, via webinar with remote streaming, from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. Register for the meeting here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
If you need an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter and/or another accommodation, including an alternative method for submitting questions or comments about meeting topics, please send an email to the LTSS Subcommittee inbox no later than September 18, 2024, so an ASL interpreter or other accommodations can be scheduled.
Remote captioning and streaming services will be provided. You can request these services here.
If you have any questions, please contact Fady Sahhar.